by Mark & Jill Baker | Aug 31, 2023 | Education, Green Acres, Home Schooling, Homesteading Classes
Farm kids. Why do you do this farm thing? It’s a question you need to have a good answer to, or you won’t have a strong enough reason to do the hard things farming requires. In our case, and for many of you, it’s farm kids. Our kids, and your kids....
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 18, 2023 | Dairy, Raw Milk
Tiger Lily (Mark calls her) or Striped Cow (as Frank dubbed her) is the newest member of the milking line-up. She joined us in December as a “commercial dairy rescue.” She was for sale from the dairy because she has an udder irregularity. One of her back...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Dec 28, 2022 | Green
What herd share is complete if you don’t know your cows? Even in a big dairy cow herd you get to know certain cows and they may earn themselves a name. In a small herd like ours, and most herd share herds, the cows all have a name and a presence. We thought...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Jan 3, 2017 | Chickens, Education, Free Range Turkey, Fun, Mangalitsa, Mangalitsa Farrowing, Mangalitsa Sow, Organic Farming, Pasture Mangalitsa, Pasture Raised Pork, Turkey
Yesterday was a sunny day. In wintry northern Michigan, this is a thing to be noted and enjoyed. Here’s what I found on my walkabout. The calves’ names are Calvin and Hobbes after the summer’s favorite cartoon characters. This one sticking his...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Sep 2, 2016 | Butchering, Chickens, Free Range Chicken, Green, Non-GMO Pasture Raised Chicken, Organic Chicken, Pasture Raised Chicken
Yeah for Fall! The last chicken butchering of the season As much as we love raising the best pasture chicken in northern Michigan, the last butchering of the season is a happy day. This year we lost the older helpers to school, so we had to call in the young...
